We have joined other organizations to condemn the efforts to to de-fund Islamic Relief Worldwide (Islamic Relief USA ).

Leading humanitarian organizations expressed grave concern about a proposed amendment to the State and Foreign Operations section of the House Appropriation bill (HR 3354) by Congressman Ron DeSantis that would strip funding away from Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), a global humanitarian organization dedicated to the alleviation of poverty and suffering.

The thirteen organizations – American Relief Agency for the Horn of Africa (ARAHA), Bread for the World, Care, Child Fund, HIAS, InterAction, International Rescue Committee, Global Links, Mercy Corps, Project C.U.R.E., Relief International, Oxfam, and Women Thrive – stand united in support of IRW and call the allegations against the organization baseless. More than 500 audits of the organization have failed to find any evidence to support Rep. DeSantis’s allegations.

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